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    • THE LAND.
    • THE ftOKTHEKN STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1S10.
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      4 4 The Northern Star. __ '"' 184a * Out...

      4 4 THE NORTHERN STAR . __ ' _" ' 184 a *

      C&Artfet Intclligente*

      _C & _artfet _Intclligente _*

      London." Lam Limbb-Rn.—A Numerous And Hi...

      LONDON . " Lam _LiMBB-rn . —A numerous and highly respectable ¦ _artr arty assembled in tke South . London _p" *" _" " " - " n Sui Sunday evening . July the Cth . Mi * . J . G . Dron ; as uas unanimouslv called to tiie chair ; when Mr . ' _1 'liorp'liorpe read the article on " Shortening tLe hours ol . i . abouabour , "fi-om thc Nor thern Stor , amid much applause . Or . 3 r . Stallwood was then introduced and addressed jiemiemectiug at some length . The Lambeth districi _ff tb-f the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , which ( olds olds its meetings every Sunday evening prior to the ! H _* tuEcturc , in this hall , is making great progress , and ilreadready _h-asts a large number of steady paying

      mem-X 011 TI 1 LAKCASHIRE . Ba Bcbslev . —The Xurtk L-uica-diirc district mectiiiu rra 3 Iras held at Bradshaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Curzoiittreettreet , Uurnlcy , on Sunday the Cth inst ., who : the _folj-win-wing places were represented : —Huniley , Colne , _Baiup . lnp . Banioldswick , li-. islin « dcn , andMarsden . Alt » . _* rthe _i naninancial business was settled , thc delegates entered _cato ato a general conversation on the Land question , and ccorccording to the statements made , there appeal's to be _cnuclauch inquiry throughout the district on the subject _, [ fhe The opinion ofthe delegates was , that if Air . O'Connor nor would pay his promised visit 10 _Nort' A _LuUtashir . Ihe me Land question would receive an impetus that iroulrould be the means of augmenting largely the innn-• _ter ter of shares already taken in this _^ distriet . Tin * nexuexi delegate meeting wilt be held at the same place , no in Sunday , thc 3 rd day of August , to commence at ime me o ' clock in thc afternoon .

      MANCHESTER . A A _Lectche was delivered in the Carpenters' Hall m ton the evening of Sunday last , by Mr . I ) . Donovan : iH-bjubject— _•* * The Laud . " * The lecture was well _atlienc - endcd , at the conclusion of which the following resoutiution was moved by Mr . Win . Dixon , seconded by lUrJtir . Kaiikin , and agreed to unanimously : — - "That _linvinviue read the niiserab ' e twaddle of ' Wtllhim \ _WiiViih-l-tttttu-get-it , ' ic , in Lloy d ' s WeeHy _Neuvpiaper , imduid likewise the able reply of Mr . O'Connor in tlu .-"N ( Nortiiem Star , ' do hereby record our unqualified _iBonBonfidence in thc Chartist ' Co-onerative Land _I'Li'lan' and the board of directors . We , therefore , ip lepledge oursclvt _* -. to earn * out the same by every means im ax our power . We likewise return our hearty thanks I to to Air . Donovan for bis able and instructive lecture

      Mun the important question of the land . " "Wc arc ipnproud to say ihat llie above resolution was carried , lo & otonly by a shew of hands , but in the more _s-tbsiatfaiiiial and consistent way of taking tip shares and _javjayiug the deposits . In South Lancashire thc land Jppppcais to lie thc all-absorbing topic . It is not poslibuble tu l ' urm anything like a correct idea of thc nunumber of shares taken up in this part of the county . FoFor we know of places where there are no _associatictions in existence where the cotters arc paying their 'ukubscriptions as quickly as possible , which will be tr-transmitted in a lump to the treasurer in a short tirtime . We also kuow of one workshop where a numbeber of the workmen arc paying 3 s . per week each iutiito the Savings Rank until their shares are paid up , wiwhen the whole will be transmitted in one sum .

      GLOSSOP . The Lash . —On Sunday last the indefatigable Matties I . caeh visited Glossop , in order to give thc _iu-Euhabitauts _<> f tiiat place information on the _Chartist C-Co-opei-. it : ve J . aiid Society . The result was that ththey highly approved of thcplan and its practicability , irand forUiwiUi _coraiu-. _' n- * _.-l operations by forming a _tubranch and inking u » shares .

      MR . CLARK'S TOUR . To the Ciuimsr lionr . —Friends , —Despite the lilies and venom of nameless scribes , the malignant eiealuinn . es of thc gentle and dove-like Carpenter , and tithe disinterested " opposition of daily-bread" Hill , the pjplan of securing laud , as propounded by thc _Convention , is making rapid headway . The Land plan is tithe subject of discussion in every circle where politics rare at all understood , aud the universal opinion aamoEgst those who understand thc question is , that _ssui-ccss must attend our exertions ii wc act unitedly , Mnergeticallv , and _perscveriuglv .

      _TOIMORDE . V . On Wednesday evening last I attended at this jTjlace for the imrposc of lecturing on the " Laud and nte capabilities , " and was delighted to find from my friends that thc sterling democracy of this spirited llittle place were all in favour of assisting us to con-. summate onr great public undertaking . The meeting ' was held in tbe Mechanics' Institute . Mr . James _iStansfie ' . d acted as chairman on the occasion . 1 cnitered at length into thc question of the day , coutrastiiag _ the unhealthy life of die best paid factory _ope-Tative _isitit that of an independent agricultural labourer , cultivating his _ownh-nd for himself . Iu the course of my remarks I took occasion to speak enlogistically of Air . John Fielden , M . P ., _pointing lim out as an honourable exception to hf . s class ; but

      the expression of this opinion was treated by thc meeting as a fraudulent attempt to cheat them , as they universally declared tbat tha hands in his employ are worse treated than those of any other man in the neighbourhood of Todmorden . This I was astonished to hear , as I had always thought that thc talented author ofthe " factory curse" was too much ofa patriot to allow his workpeople to be ill-treated ; but the people of Todmorden , who ought to know liest , declare that it is so , and some of them told me that the conduct pursued in Mr . Fielden ' s mill has been more than once communicated to the Star , but that for some reason the couimuuicatious hare nerer appeared . I trust , however , that this will be allowed to appear , that Air . Fielden may _Inivean opportunity to correct the feeling whieh is abroad in his own neighbourhood .

      BiCCP . On Thursday a large out-door meeting was held here , and was addressed by Mr . Uarker , the chairman , Air . Tagg , and myself , on the question of thc Land and the right ofthe people to possess it . The persons attending the meeting appealed to takeadeep interest in the proceedings , many expressing themselves gratified at the course which we are now

      pur-OLDHUI . On Sunday I lectured here in the "Working Man ' s Ball —& magnificent bnMiug , erected by the united means of a number ofthe good democrats of Oldham . I wish our friends in distant parts of the country had an opportunity of witnessing this monument of thc -public spirit of this town . I had not seen it myself before , but felt proud when I did sec it , and wish tbat the Chartists of other places would go and do likewise . The subject of the lecture was '' Land and Registration . " I was listened to attentively , and bad the satisfaction of learning tbat my views werc

      HEHnE . V-B ! UDGH . c It was more than three years since I had been at this place previous to Monday evening last . After lecturing on the Land , and inviting opposition , and not having any offered , I enrolled a number of persons , who paid their first instalments , aud pledged _themselves to do all in their power to extend the association . Hebden-Bridge is still the seat of a strong Chartist feeling , ready for action when thc time arrives that their energies may be wanting . — Thomas Cube , Manchester , Tuesday , July 8 th .

      STALYBR 1 DGE . Tub Members _«** the Chautisi Land Societt bold weekly meetings every Tuesday evening , at halfpast ei ht o ' clock , in the Chartist Association-room , back-o t the Angel Iun . We expect a considerable number of members in this district , as many persons bave promised to take out shares . We ,-therefore , call upon persons wishing to become members to do so as soon as possible , in order that the board of directors may show what tbe practicability of the plan-is , b y having the means at their command to make a purchase in as short a time as possible .

      BASFOED ( NOTTJNGHAMSHIRE ) . Thb Laxd . —On Sunday last a branch of the Cocperativc Land Society was formed at the house of * Hr . William Watson , Dob-park , Basford . Thirteen took ont then * cards , and paid their entrance money . They _inie-ad to meet every Sunday at the aboveplace .

      Central Criminal Court; J-Git-Sta*.—^Thb...

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT ; _J-GiT-Sta * . _—^ Thbft . —Samual Sumner Tripp , aged 10 , labourer , was indicted for stealing a watch and chain , value £ 40 , the _] propcrty of _. Jolmprcholas Kalns , In the dwelling-house of John Roekley . The prisoner pleaded guilty , and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction , with hard labour . BraexiRr . — Thomas Williams , aged 18 , brushmaker , and John Williams , aged 20 , butcher , were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of David Barnett , in the parish of St . Botolph Without , Aldgate , and stealing therein nine pairs of trousers and other articles , bis property . Air . Brierly conducted the prosecution . It appeared in evidence that , onthe night oi thc 13 th June last , the

      _hoa-e of the prosecutor , a slopseller living in Rose _* _marj-laue , was broken open , and the property named _inUieindictmentstoleu . The prisoners wcre seen at tour o ' clock in the morning by three witnesses ; in the bach-yard of a house near that of the prosecutor . They had with them a bundle wrapped up in a red flannel shirt . On searching the water-closet of tliat yard , there were found seveu of the shop tickets with the private marks of the prosecutor , which had been attached to the articles stolen . On the prisoners being taken into custody they acknowledged a participation in the robbery . Thejury returned a verdict of Guiltv

      against both prisoners . The prisoner Thomas Williams was convicted of felony in October last , and sentenced to gix months' imprisonment witli hard _labaur , and six weeks ordered to be passed in solitary confinement . The other prisoner was also proved to have been convicted of felony in F « bruary , 1844 , and sentenced _^* three -months' *" imprisonment with bard labour . The Recorder sentenced them to be seTerally _tianspiirledfort ' _httennoflO-j-ears . SE . vre . vo * . —George WiUiam Edward Stowcnly , aged 23 , who liad been convicted at the May sessions -ef _thccoiut on two indictments for felony , " but upon whom judgment had been respited , was placed at the bar ihl-i u . _*« nisiig to receive sentence . It will be re-

      Central Criminal Court; J-Git-Sta*.—^Thb...

      collected by our readers that thc prisoner , a _Frunehman , had been in the habit of visiting various houses under the pretence of taking lodgings , and during thc absence of tht servants of securing and carry nig awav property that mig ht lay exposed . The Recorder sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for 12 calendar ¦ months . _Stemjuc Plate . —Emina Wilmot , aged 26 , was indicted lor stealing a silver soup ladle , 11 silver - •• pooiis , and other articles , to the value of £ 10 , the property of William l ' axton Jarvis , in his dwellinghouse ; " and Sarah Vick , aged 28 , was indicted for feloniously receiving the same , well knowing them to bave been stolen . Thejury found Wilmot Guilty , but acquitted Vick . Wilmot was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour .

      _Weoxesoat . —Thi * AnEMmn _Mckder is Beth * -vai . Ghees . —WiUiam Warren , aged 20 , shoemaker , was indicted for feloniously cutting aud wounding . Sarah Warren , on the 18 th June , in thc parish of St . _Alattuew , Bethiial Green , with intent to kill aud murder her . In a second count the intent was _all-sged to do grievous bodily harm . —Sarah Warren , wife of the prisoner , who appeared in avery exhausted state , deposed that she had been married to thc prisoner about live years , and that tliey had I . ved very haupily together up to the time of the present transaction . On the morning ofthe 18 th June last , between eleven aud twelve o ' clock , some words occurred between them on tlic subject of wearing apparel , when the wituess pulled off a brass ring and

      threw it away , and said she would not wear it again uutil she had her wedding ring out of pawn . She t « dd theprisoner she would leave him and take the children away with her ; upon which thc prisoner jumped up and pulled her head back , as s '; e thought in fun only , having made thc remark in joke , but , instead of which , lie cut her throat witli a knife he had in his hand which he had been cutting leather with . The act was so sudden that she did not know that her throat had been cut at first . She then jumped up off the chair where she had been sitting . _Seeing tiie prisoner in the act of cutting his own throat , she screamed out , and tried to prevent liim ,

      but could not . Soon afterwards some neighbours ' opened the room door , and she ( the witness ) ran out into the street . All that she had said to her husband had been meant in joke , but be did not take it so . He chaiged her with having in her possession a ring given her by another man concealed in her bosom . She "had joked with hini upon this subject , but there was no foundation whatever for his suspicion . —Tlic jury found the prisoner guilty of a common assault . Sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour , in the House of Correction , for three months .

      Ivnabesnno Funxout Amosgst Tne Iiaxd-Loo...

      IvNABEsnno funxouT amosgst TnE IIaxd-Loom " _tVi'AVEns . —This ill-used body of working men are still struggling for their rights , _lyotwithstanding the generous appeal of the Editor of the Star in our behalf , I am sorry to say we have not secured anything from any place where there arc Weavers . Wc have this week received os . 6 d . _fr-rmi Mr . M . Parkinson , of Hartlepool , collected among thc Tailors . Our own trade should by all means help us , if not we must fail . The noble appeal in thc Star for us lias got you the thanks of many who before werc enemies rather than friends . There is a strong feeling among the shopkeepers to form a Joint-Stock Linen Company , and a meeting will be held to-night to take thc subject into consideration . Wc , at any rate , intend to commence _out _^ elve * _; on a small scale . Indeed , I may say that wc have commenced , for we put the first warp out to-day . Next week I will send you all particulars . We received an order from W . B . Jerrard , Esq ., our member , a fortnight since , for £ 3 .

      The Land.

      THE LAND .

      Impostast Notice.—All Monks And Post-Off...

      Impostast Notice . —All monks and post-office orders on behalf of thc subscribers to the Land Fund should be forwarded to Feargus O'Connor , 340 , Strand , London ; and an account of the heads under whicli they arc to be placed should he addressed to T . M . Wheeler , 343 | . Temple-bar , London . Thus , suppose Ashton sends £ 10 l ' s . in a bank order , a detailed account should be sent to the society as follows , for instance—remitted to Mr . P . O'C , on account of Vf . P . Roberts , £ 10 2 s . — £ 9 for share" * , 12- ; . for cards , 10 s . for rules . The general secretary ' s account then checks the district secretary and Mr . O'Connor ' s ; aud Mr . O'Connor ' s checks the

      treasurer s . Tliis plan Will save the labour of all parties , and give general satisfaction , while it Will _COIISIderaT-iy faeffitate the " keeping of accounts . All the Metropolitan districts will find it more convenient to pay tlieir monies , in the first instance , to Mr . Wheeler general secretary . Some delays of a week have occurred in acknowledging monies addressed to Vf . P "Roberts , to the care of Mr . F . O'Connor ; as Mr . Roberts does not reside in London , those orders " have to be sent to him before acknowledged . Let the above instructions be attended to in all cases , and no cause of complaint will arise . All monies received up to Thursday morning will be acknowledged in the same week .

      The Ftokthekn Star. Saturday, July 12, 1s10.

      THE _ftOKTHEKN STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 12 , 1 S _10 .

      Death Of General Jackson.

      DEATH OF GENERAL JACKSON .

      By The Arrival Of The Shakspeare From Ne...

      By the arrival of the Shakspeare from New York , accounts have been received of the death of General Jackson . The A cw York Courier and Enquirer , of thc 17 th ult ., announces this event in the following terms : — " DEATH OF _GESEKAL JACKSOS . " Andrew Jackson breathed his last at the Hermitage , at six o ' clock on Sunday evening , thc Sth inst ., after partially recovering from a fainting fit in tho morning , caused by an attempt to remove him from his chairto the bed . This incident reached Nashville

      during the day in the shape of a report that he actually died at that time , but he rallied for several hours and did not expire till the hour mentioned . The venerable man took an affectionate leave of his friends , his family , and domestics , and remained clear and unclouded in his senses to the last moment , dying in the utmost calmness , and expressing the highest confidence in a happy immortality through a divine Redeemer . General Houston ( from Texas ) landed at Nashville on Sunday afternoon , and

      proceeded at once , and in great haste , to the Hermitage ; but he was met on the way by the family physician with the melancholy information that the General was no more . The death-of this eminent and distinguished man will produce a deep and wide-spread sensation among his countrymen . As soon as the news of the death of General Jackson was received in this city the colours on the City-hall , and at many of the public houses , were hoisted half-mast high . "

      General Andrew Jackson was born March lo , l 767 j and died June 8 , 184 o , in his 79 th year .

      Signs Of "Re-Action." "Prepare For The C...

      SIGNS OF "RE-ACTION . " "PREPARE FOR THE COMING STORM . " Ox two former occasions , during the coarse-ofour . present " prosperity , " we have deemed it onr . duty to sound the warning-note of caution against a too-confident feeling of security , leading those most concerned to neglect the " signs and appearances of the times , " which , in our opinion , hut too plainly indicated that " prosperity " was on the wane , and that

      dark and gloomy " adversity " was certain to follow . These warning-notes we grounded on facts which more than justified the opinions we expressed and the deductions we drew : and we have reason to know that the promulgation of those facts and opinions hare not been without some little effect ; for they arc acquiesced in by numbers of tradespeople , who hare begun to " set their house * in order " against the coming storm .

      When last we commented on this subject , we adduced as proof of our position , ' the then deranged and unsatisfactory condition of the iron districts . From accounts furnished on the spot by parties connected with the iron trade , it appeared that the *" 2 r a /« r-money " -cau 6 ed"speculative mania" had done its work in that great walk of industry . It had , in the first instance , raised prices fully 300 per cent ., and set every furnace and every forge " to work like mad "—new ones arising on every hand as if by

      magic , to satisfy the unnatural demand ; and it had then , as its second effort , endeavoured to right itself by tumbling down prices " 'till nobody could say what aey actually were , " producing dismay , consternation , and even " RUIN" among the iron masters ,-who were so vtry recently the favoured ones of fortune . Those accounts also showed that assaults had been , and were to Ice , made on uajet ; that turnouts , and riots , and rescues , and cci . _fliets with the police , had already been the result ;; lid that the military ofthe

      neighbourhood were under arms , ready to march on the people to quell by the power of the sword and the musket , insurrections or riots caused by the endeavour to make the workers bear the first share of the loss consequent on speculations to which they had been no party . On the present occasion wc hare to remark on a most significant "sign of the times" applying to the country generally , and not to one particular and isolated portion of it . The facts wc arc about to bring under the reader ' s consideration do not affect thc Iron Districts alone ; do not show that onc branch of our staple trade is suffering the _after-consequsnees of mad speculation ; but they concern the whole people , as they relate * intimately to their general condition and prospects .

      The proof of GKNEn . ii . " _rnosrEniTT" has always been sought for in the Revenue Returns . If these should show an Htcicasc iu the items of Customs and Excise , it was held to be proof conclusive that more of the comforts and even of thc luxuries of life wcre enjoyed by thc people at large ; and that consequently their means of enjoyment , cither through increased , or more constant employment , or through higher wages , or through both of these sources , had been increased . Whenever therefore a Minister could

      exhibit an increase m tiicsc two departments of the Revenue , hc has invariably called attention to it , and proudly made use of it as proof that his policy had be n productive of beneficial results on the ' trade and commerce of the country . The sound of the loud " songs of triumph" that greeted Sir _Robeut Peel ' s "surplus , " is not yet out of our cars ; nor can any one have forgot the boasts set up on every hand when the Revenue Returns presented the usual proof of a " Roaring Trade . " Tlic recollection of these is still

      vivid in thc public mind ; for they wcre but of yesterday . AW , however , the song has changed ! No longer is it one of "triumph" ! The " proof" of increased and increasing " _I'ltosrEitin" has given way to " proof" ofa contrary character : and though thc facts are not SO ostentatiously " paraded before tlic public eye , nor as much noise made as in the instances when " prosperity" was deducible from them , still titty are tliere , and speak as much against the present system aud its conductors as the former Returns spoke for them .

      In the Tixxies of Monday appeared thc following , whicli wc give at length , calling attention to tha facts therein set forth : — The return ofthe quarter ' s revenue does not present the same " prosperous" iip-ieariiitcc as many that have preceded it . Thus , although there is im _mcntiso in thc Customs for the year ending on the 3 th inst . of £ 3 _ti , S 8 G , there is a decrease on t / _ie comparison with the _gwarttfi * teriuinating at the same period of 1844 , or _siohe thau ten nuts that amount , or £ _* _Jfi 9 , (> 87 . In the Excise , in like manner , thc falling off in the quarter more Hum countcrluilances tlte increase / or the year—A _bet-iogkase movement FOll IVI 11 C 1 I _I'l * 13 NOT _HASl * TO FIND AN EXMiAMATION FKOM

      CAUSES WHICH LIE UNDER PU 11 LIC OBSERVATION , AND WILL , TlIEBEFOltE , BE _ItEGABDEU IVITH SOME OKCBEE 01 _pisquieti'de bv THE countht GENERALLY . The working of Vie xnadspeculatioiis which have preva led tor tlio last twelve or eighteen months , is shown in the great increase under thc head of Stamps , which _liarc added to the income £ 328 , 820 on thc year , and £ 182 , 043 ou the quarter ; and if the common opinion is a just one , that these speculations have _iNJi'KED commerce _*•** producing an unnatural _i-ise in someprices , and in diverting the attention of mercantile men from the sober course of trade , it would follow that to this is , in part , to be ascribed the decline in the Customs—an evil by no means to be compensated

      for by a gain arising out of what may be termed illegitimate sources , the same results appear , though not to the same extent , in tiie General return , the increase on the year heing £ 817 , 148 , wliile the falling oil' on the quarter is £ 730 , 847 . The l'ost-oftice has _increasotl £ 47 , 000 on the year , while the quarter's return is identical iritli that of 1844 , exhibiting neither increase nor decrease . In the account of the Consolidated _Tund there appeal's the satisfactory item of an application of £ 1 , 589 , 609 to tin .-Sinking Fund , against £ 52 : 1 , 857 in the correspondinij quarter of 1844 ; and the probable amount ofExchoiiuwtriils required to meet the charge on that fund for the -marter just ended is only £ 2 _, 254 , 43 _'J . Tue _he-action is the Customs _asd Excise , howeveh , more than

      outweighs ALL THE V & V 0 _UHA 11 LE _t'EATUBES OF TUE PBESEKT _BET 11 _BU . If " the country generally" has but recovered from thestupifactionand delirium caused bythe " great projperity" of " mad speculation , " it will regard the facts thus brought home to their bosoms and their businesses with " some degree of disquiet . " It will in such case , not be unobservant of the lesson here taught—nor inattentive to the warning thus plainly given . But of this there is but little hope . " Tiie country generally" teems to care for nothing , but how it can "improve the present opportunity . " "Mxd speculation" is the order of the day . Consult

      any of those engaged in it , oven the most active , and you will find their individual opinion to be , that thc present state of things cannot -last * , "but then , " say they , " there is an opportunity for something to be made by watching the turn of the market ; and if I don't get it , somebody else will ; so I'll take care and look out for my share . " Thus cach are employed in adding to the intensity of that gambling which they know must surely have an end , regardless of the ultimate consequences both to themselves and the people at large ; and thus are all the evils both of present speculation and future re-action

      considerably aggravated . The time of the new class ol "stock" _-jobbera and " sharc " -trader 3 is far too much taken up in looking after the oscillations of the numerous " schemes" on which they hope to fatten ; they arc too much engaged in watching the rising and falling ofthe numerous " shares" now trafficked in , by the difference in price of which they hope to "bag" their thousands , through "buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest ; " they are too exclusively occupied in a keen observance of "the turn of the market" to have a moment to spend on a consideration of what is to follow— - «• to

      attend to the significant " sign of the times" afforded in the Revenue Returns . They will continue , absorbed in their gambling pursuits , until the crash conies , and sweeps the " abates" and " premiums " away altogether . And , unfortunately , for the country at large , the traders generally are thus involved . The extent to which the mania for " speculating" has spread , is frightful in the extreme . It has seixedhold of by far the major portion of the shopkeeping classes in the manufacturing districts , and the quiet agricultural towns are 'far from being free from the curse . It is in Yorkshire where wc now write . Here we have been for thc last ten days ,

      mixing among the traders of the main towns of the West-Riding . Business has brought us in contact with several who have full opportunities of witnessing the extent to which the mania has spread , and the _BFJEcr it has on character and ordinary pursuits .. Men without-means , men who could not hono _^ _j _< he " calls" of ten /' shares , " were -they _toibe-made- on them to-morrow—men thus situate , are applying for their fifty and their hundred " shares" 'in thc numerous hubbies that daily spring up : and in many instances obtain them , having to borrow the money required for the deposit . There is scarcely a shopkeeper in the towns of Leeds , Bradford , _IIuddersfieM ,

      Halifax , Dewsbury- or Barnsley , that is not dabbling in the " share" market , in addition to his ordinary business ; and throughout the villages it is nearly as bad . Leeds has now got its " Exchange , " and an inferior sort of thing , called "The Sharebrokers' A * ociation . " _Uuddersfield , also , has its " Exchange , *" and every town that we have named , its hosts of share-brokers . Nor is the mania confined to the manufacturers and tho shopkeepers . Butlers , footmen , and even kitchen-wenches , are engaged in : the "traffic . " Following the example of "master" and " mistress , "—aye , even " mistress : " for in ninny instances these latter are as eager at the

      game , and even more so , than "Master" himself : following the example of these , instances have come to our knowledge where the servants of the kitchen have subscribed " a purse" to be employed in the purchase of " shares , " on the understanding that the profits or loss derived from the _salo should be divided amongst them . Nor has the evil stayed here . It has seized hold of tho more daring among those who are dependent on their handy-work for their daily bread : and even these are deeply engaged in watching the progress of the game , hoping that " luck" will turn up in their favour . The effect of these pursuits on the character of our people will be most awful ' . lt will entirely loosen the bonds that

      have hitherto knit us together . Hitherto _DKsr mr , and its known demoralising influences , have been confined among the members and off-shoots of the aristocracy . Your games of hazard have been reserved for the scion * of "Noble Houses" nnd the eaters of thc taxes , with now and then an introduction from-the ' "manufacturing ranks , just to show them what "High Life" was . But now we are making deep gamblers of an entire people . We are inducing whole classes to engage in games of hazard with all the avidity and all the infatuation exhibited by the * most confirmed frequenter ofthe Lomlon hells . With the games will come the demoralisation ! No longer will mercantile men confine their attention " to the sober course of trade / ' Thc profits ' of ordinary business will no longer satisfy the

      shopkeeper . The more speedy means of realising "a fortune" will be sought for . Universal dissatisfaction with present condition will be the result . Men will seek to live by their wits , sooner than by the labour of their hands : and wc shall soon find that the traits of tlio American character which we have so unmercifully satirised , so universally reprobated , will beeome tl te most prominent of our own . " Sharpness" and " cutcness" will become the characteristics ofthe age , instead of honour and honesty . He will be accounted thc best fellow who can cheat with thc greatest niceness . We shall become lynxeyed iir rascality—oblivious in integrity . Truth and fair-dealing will become to be unknown , and the entire character of our people will be changed into that of the siiABPEn and the kxavk .

      The other day there appeared , in a Return to an order of the llouse of Commons , a most curious list of names , with tho sums opposite that each has "subscribed" towards Railway " scliemes" above £ 2 , 000 . A selection from that list has boon made public , comprising only seventy-one names . Tho entire list wc have not yej _; seen , but will endeavour to do so , that we may learn something of the whole brood of "high speculators "—and know also to whom mi * ¦ troBKi-ve . _«* ori , B are to look for INDEMNITY FROM LOSS , when the crash conies ! This list is most valuable ! Hitherto , when over-speculation , either in "Rag" Paper-money , or in Joint-Stock

      Companies for all sorts of unlikely projects , has brought the nation to the verge of ruin , we have not known who thc pa rties were that had been so engaged . In 1824-0 , when the Country Bankers along wish the "Old Lady of Threadnccdle Street"" thrust out such heaps of " One Pound Notes" as to produce ¦ THAT "PROSPERITY" of which _"PaosrEniir Robissos" so sneeringiy boasted , if we did know the varties , we had no means of ascertaining the extent to which all their " operations" ( as dealings in fictitious money are called ) had individually gone : and in _1825-6 _, when hundreds of tliem bleff-lip into tllC air like so many soap-bubbles when * exposed to a breath of wind , we knew not how to deal with those that remained , so as to insist on them bearing their due thareof the LOSS their insane and mad speculations

      had caused to the country . So again m 1830 . When the renewal of the Bank Charter in 1834 by the Whigs , with the proviso that Bank of England notes ihould be a legal tender at all places but at the Bank itself , had caused the "Old Lady" to extend her issues , and the traders to feel confident iu their transactions , thc mania for " Joint-Stock Companies " set in . Though alarmingly rife enough then , and though it took the country FIVE YEARS to recover from the after-effects of their " rnosrEnm-, " yet the rush to subscribe to all sorts of- _^ _noonshine schemes was SOBERNESS itself , compared with the MAD doings nou / . Tubs the " traffic" was } comparatively confined to the Jews and changers of thc Devil ' s own locality—the meeting-place of thc " City" Bulls and Bcivis : notf , however , as we have before said , it is ramified all over the land : and for one that en-¦¦

      gaged in the bubble-transactions of that period there are surely some twenty now . But when the crash ef 1837 came ; when thc moonshine schemes vanished into thin air ; whennine-tentlisof the bubble projects proved to be but " Baseless fabrics of a vision , Leaving not a wreck behind , " excepting TIIE LOSS to the holders of " shaves ;" when the whole money-market was deranged , trade suspended , factories closed , the work-houses filled , and the _Vftavks oi ruination and poverty

      observable over all thc land ; when this was the case , tve were again unable to pick out THE PARTIES whose Insane conduct had been the main cause of such a horrible state of things , that they and tlieir " property" might be made in some degree answerable for what they had brought on others . This time , however , ne shall be better prepared ! This time the precaution lias been taken to have "THE LIST " beforehand ! This time we have name , residence , and full description , with the AMOUNTS that each have made themselves answerable for ! This time we shall be able to get at them !

      Let the worker that toils in the mines of Northumberland and Durham for 15 s . a-week , exposed to all thc dangers of a " 6 c * t-reoulated" Haswell bxplosion ; let the operative spinner of thc Manchester factories , sweating his life ' s juices away , in a heat of some ninety-eight degrees , during an entire _factory-day , including the "last two hours "—( all for profit to the owner of the machines )—for some 20 s . n-week ; let the fork grinder of Sheffield , who _gx-inds his life away in thirty-five years , for a yearly income less than the ordinary interost of £ 2 , 000 ; let the wool-combers of Bradford who have to sleep in their COAL HOLES , and on bundles of shavings on the floor—who have to make workshops

      of their bed ehambers , and have their wivos , when lying-in , exposed to the gaze of the toilers , and the dead bodies of their children laid-out in the same apartment ; let all these , and every one who lives by labour , or rather every one who labours that hc may live - let all such look at the following list : and having looked at it , and _eseamintd-it , let them ask , if it ms mow that they should be " reduced to live on a coarser sort of food" that some seventy-one gentlemen may be enabled to subscribe some _^/ _tan-Amf-ahalf MILLION'S of money to Railway " schemes , " _nine-tenths of which ars as purely of tho bubble class as ever was the South-Sea one of notorious famo ! Let them ask if _it * bb higbt that the labourer in

      the Agricultural Districts should be starving on seven shillings a-week , that these leviathans of wealth may be enabled to " subscribe" out of their means their three quarters of a MILLION each ! Here is the _selectedlisf : look it well over : — --.. ' - _... _- . \ .. - .- \ -: ¦ _--:,.. *¦ - ¦ - '

      "¦ _- . ¦ BJ . Il . WAT _SPBCULJiTIOB-.-The foUowing- are extr . icts . ftom : a . _rutornr . to . tlie-House of Commons of the names , 4 c ., of _psrums _subgc-ribing £ 2 , 000 and . upwards to railway schemes . . 1 . Mills , Francis , Esq , _New-atreet , _Springf . £ gardens .. .. .. .. .. „ ; .. 670 , 300 2 . Thomas , William Henrv , merchant , Moor . ¦ _gate-streeti .. .. .... .. ..- 62 _M 90 S . Simile , Henry Lewis , proctor , _Doctors ' -com . •; moiiB ... ... ... .. . ... . .. .. 6 ol , 7 « 0 4 . Tyndalo , Charles "William , Esq , Brompton .. 587 , 780 5 . Macgregor _, James , banker , Liverpool ' 579 , 800 fl . Marray , _Charios Knight , Esq , _Notting-hill „ 374 , 800 7 . Harding , Benjamin , Esq , "Wtidhurst Castle ,

      Sussex .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 574 . 760 ' 8 , Kirhhmd , 8 ir John , PallJIall .. .. .. _oujoo 9 . Browne , Robert , -merchant , . Edge-hill , Liver . W . _Vinslow , Edward , Esq , _Torriiigtoo-squareC ' " . "London .. .. .. .... .. .. 900 _ig 0 11 . Hudson , George , Bsq , York .. „ .. 31983 . 5 12 . Gower , Robert Frederick , _mershant _* _* , Devon . ¦ . ' shire-place .... .. _2 W _. 18 . Crowlej , Charles Sedgfleld , gentleman , Croy-„ „ _•*»» ¦• •• .... . .... .. _298 . 48 S 14 . Iljinkey , George , merchant , Mincing-lane _„ 887400 15 . Davis , llichard , merchant , St . Helen ' g-place 3814 _W > MS .-Rich , Henry , Esq , _Mouat-street , _Groevenor- '

      .. .., s < - uar 1 — ' * •• 387 . 000 17 . Vigurs _, Louis , merchant , Old Broad-Street , , 0 - _* T Ci _-7 , " _« . ¦ _' ' ' : _* " . ** - _345 _1 _( _H 18 . Hornby , Joseph , merchant , _Livsrpool .. „ 220 « B « 19 . Manchester and Birmingham Railway .. ,. _So # ' oo » it , Wilkinson , William Arthur , Esq , Camborwell l _»!* ' 63 _jj 21 . Joins , George , gentleman , Redland , Bristol .. _lsa ' soo 22 . Miles , John _ffilham , banker , _Leigh-court , 18 »! ooB 23 . Goldsmid , Sir Isaac Lyon , Bart . .. .. ' „ 179500 24 . Sinionds , Henry , Esq , Heading .. .... .. I 7 _g _' ooo 25 . Stern , Sigismond , merchant , 52 , Siiring . gacdeiw ' Manchester .. .. .. ' 174500 20 . Tothiii , WiUiam , merchant , Bristol .. .. wo 000 2 " . Marshall , William , Esq , Fcnwortham . hall ' Prest *

      • on .. .. i _«^ . . _XTuswm . .. .. 167 000 28 . Schuster , Leo , merchant , Manchester ,. Wnnn 29 . Smith , Thomas , merchant , _Roigatc-lodge ., lfio _' _sso SO . Chaplin , William James , Esq , _Adelpht-torvace 158 3 ' * o 31 . Moss , John , banker , Liverpool .. .. „ i . _-jh ' _ojo 32 . Walters , Gregory Scale , merchant , Coleman . ' street , London .. .. 13 d 000 33 . Stevens , Charles , geutleman , Fraderivli ' j . plni'e ' _HSil-ondoii „ . .. „ ' 1 . 35 , 000

      1 34 . Brooks . Samuel , banker , _Mfc-ehMter .. _J-jJ _^ _w-10 . Garnett , Robert , Esq , _Wycrsidt-, -. _'iiicaster luJ . Mfc M Broadbent , Thomas , merchant , JwndiMter ... lol _. bOb ' 37 . Gower , Edwin , merchant , Hanover , terrace , I _llegcnt's-park .. .. ••¦ . '" I ' _' * 38 , Mereier , Francis , gentleman , Lordship-lane , __ I Tottenham « " : _* , ' _,, „ ., ' ¦ 39 , llntton , James , iron-merchant , Salford .. }« _, « , 40 . Gladstone , _llobcrtson , merchant , _Lwerpool .. »« , ««« j 41 . Maze , Peter , merchant , Bristol " 0 , »« 142 . Smith , John , merchant , Manchester .. *¦ »» . 000 , 43 . Paul , Charles , banker , Clifton .. -.. } _fflS _» 1 Waddington , David , gentleman , Manchester .. l- » , i ( 0 1 _Glvn , George Carr , Esq , Lombard-street •¦ l- ' ., u-e . » W ..-.. 1 _.. T .. 1 ,,, ,, li > _rl * IVi _. e ' _-lnilirltO-toi'raCC . 4 _GWrightJolmciernwesiuouri" - " _** - _*** " -1

      , , , , . Hyde Park ,. _\}' -al 47 _. Young , Thomas , Esq , Albany , _Pieadtlly * . "J 2 M 80 48 . Mowatt , _t'raneis , Esii , 85 , Devonshire-place .. _^ - " ¦¦ t _* - " 49 . Hargreaves , J „ merchant , Manchester .. » _MLuOJ _50 . _lUiuldsivurtli _, Henry , merchant , Manchester 119 . 000 51 . Cropper , Ed „ Esq , Liverpool .. •¦ Uo , 40 « 52 . Bnriow , Frederick Pratt , Esq , Kensington- _ square .. .. JJ _" . _" 53 . Hodgson , David , Esq , Livcrpo -I .. .. M , 10 t > 54 . Peto , Samuel Morton , contractor public works . 47 , Russell-square ... .. .. J } _*;; _* - 55 . Baines , Benjamin , Holloway H 2 . _fi » 0 00 . WiiisUin , James , Esq , Upper _Bonford-place .. 132 . 4 . 0 57 . Davies , Robert , gentleman , York _loa . _tiuo 58 . Rifkftts , Frederick , merchant , London .. 110 , 000 50 . Roberts , Frederick , gentleman . Camberwell .. 110 , 0 _S" _1 « . ; . Smith , Archibald , merchant , Glasgow .. ., 1 Vi , 1 <)» 01 . Tec , Charles , linen manufacturer , I'ilKloroaks , Barnsley , Yorkshire _lO-V-SU 02 LawrieJohngentlemanCharles-street , St .

      . _, , , _James's-square .. 106 , 580 1 ; : ! . Siiltiuavshe , Christopher . Esq , Yorkshire .. 103 , ' « M ) ( 14 . Luarmoiith , John , Esq , Edinburgh .. .. 103 , 000 ( j - .. Humphry's , Ambrose , Esq , 22 , Upper Wimpole-street 102 , _< 00 CS . Enthoveii , Henry J ., merchant , Broad-street , Citv .. .. .. _-to-V' 07 . Palmer , Charles John , solicitor , Great Yarmouth 100 , 8-0 CS . Prinsep , Henry Thoby , Esq , 37 , Hyde-parksquurc lt' 0 . 5 _**' 1 G !) . Aiken , Peter _Freultunl , " banker . Clifton .. 100 , 000 " ti . lY . iltern , Gregory Sealc , merchant , 2 , _Artil-Icrv-placc , Finsbury 100 , 000 Tl . Ward , Henry George , Esq , M . P . 100 , 000 Total , « subscribed " by 71 persons .. £ 15 , 052 , 372

      The publication of this selection of names has produced a woeful consternation in the ranks of the millionaires ! Each one and all is now anxious to relieve himself of tlic responsibility ! [ lie will be more so before he has done with it , if justice prevails . ] AU sorts of explanations are being offered—to the effect that thc " subscriptions" are all a plan—a hoax : that tliey are not bona fide , but fictitious ; that the most of these gentlemen do not represent _thpxxselves , but a host of others , nameless and unknown ; that they have been induced to put down thoir names to such immense sums , that they might cheat the

      House of Commons by a pretended compliance with its standing orders . This is now all confessed to with most wonderful candour and simplicity . Whether we should have heard of it or not , had nol "THE LIST" met the public eye , admits of little doubt . But ihere "THE LIST" is ! The parties cither have the money or tliey have not . If they have , so much the better in one sense : they ivill be able to meet their engagements . If tlicy have not the money , they have some : and till they _linvc Ollgllt to £ 0 to mitigate the distress and poverty whicli tlic working people arc sure to have to endure for these partus ' _ovei-speculation .

      In reference to this said list , and the efforts of the parties iucludcd in it to REPUDIATE thc _respoiisi ' - bility they have taken themselves , the Times well says : — Whence is to come all the money for the construction of the projected railways / " is a question which at this present day wo often hear familiarly repeated . "In our sim . plicity wii havo frequently felt inclined to ask the same question for ourselves ; and the llouse of Commons , apparently impressed with the same impertinent curiosity , has recently ordered a return orparties subscribing to tliese projects in sums of £ 2 , 000 mid uf wards . Poor

      ignorant-minded people ,- —the return they have obtained , we think , must have made them feel ashamed of their simplicity . Two thousand pounds , forsooth ! . Two millions would have more nearly approximated the amount of individual subscriptions wliich now-a-days would be deemed at all remarkable . The paee of railway speuulation has fairl y outrun the power nnd coiutrol oftho Legislature ; and a fur more interesting document would have been a return of every man in London , above the condition of a streetsweeper , who has not speculated in railways to thc nominal amount of £ 2 , 000 and upwards . Dull and benighted wretches , so far behind the age in which thoy live !

      We think it probable that such a list might have been as select as that of tho seventy gentlemen whose names , with the amount of their _substsription , we lately published . Strange to say , these millionaires are somewhat shy of the compliment , and , terrified at visions of Imoxm Tax , besiege us ivith letters and advertisements to BEPUBIATE tlieir alleged wealth and energy .. In the meantime tlieir names have heen the guarantee , and the only guarantee to the Legislature , that it is not giving sanction ' to a bubble , or wasting the time of its committees in abetting a fraud upon the public . Surely the whole system is most objectionable . The House of Commons lins confessedly been imposed on , yet it is improbable that it will tuku any step to vindicate its eluded orders , for its members boast no exemption from the

      universal mania for gambling which appears now to have seized the nation . In vain did the efforts of the Home Secretary and the truncheons of a hundred policemen eradicate the vice from thc downs of Epsom and Ascot , to give it refuge in the galleries and lobbies of our Houses ol * Parliament and public offices . Peers and officials alike , far from opposing themselves to the current , are found at * applicants with thelowest shop-hoys for the coveted possession of scrip . It will be well if they es « ape with lionoui from the position in which they have chosen to place themselves ; for they must be prepared to bear the brunt of thc reaction , and _. _toAen the day of reckoning shaU come , the nation will justly look to THEJt to give a satisfactory answer to the question— " whexiee all the xnoney is to come from /' - '

      A most pertinent question indeed ! " Where is all the money to come from ? " When tho time _eonies for putting that question , "TIIE LIST" wc have given above will not bo mero waste paper : not unless the following picture of the age we live ill be true to the very letter . It is indeed so in part—and particularly as to this transaction : but the parties whose names are recorded HAVE SOMETHING , which . must ' go as far as it > ill ! On thc whole , wc agree with our new rival to Punch— " Joe Miller

      the _Tounocr ; forthe characteristic ofthe time - « Humbug—and a better proof of it was never yet exhibited than in "TIIE LIST" above given . ' Still , as the " Responsibility" of thc parties is pledged to their respective amounts , we must get from them all we can . When they have paid in their " uttermost farthing" tliey will then ' . be in a condition to commence anew race of Humbug . 'Till they havo so paid in , we are inclined to let them know what the true meaning of " _respoxisMity" is .

      Joeifdler says : — We live in an age of Humbug—and not the rough diamond of quackery , dug out , of the credulity of the timebut smooth , brightened , polished Humbug—Humbug , that has a sleek appearance and decent clothes to hitback ! Much the same vulgarity of heart , which prompts some men to eut a friend in rags , and invite him to dinner if . ho wear a court suit , decoys us to h » ve this _flnuly-togged Humbug at our table , and to take off our hat to him if we meet him in tho street . The public horse it too fat and _well-conditionud for tho public dog to bark at hini . Humbug i » no longer .. a _^ beggar— . hois a mock mi " monair » .- ' J list at tho- pre-. en . t-- inomu ' nt . _hit-iir- endeavouring to cheat _tht-Bnglisii _language out of the meaning of the word _Responsibilit-f _^—andhe is achieving the cajolery by the _languuge of figum ; Lately ther _* . was

      pubiishod a return to tho House of Common * of the names , Sio ., of persons subscribing £ 3 , 000 and upwards to Railway _Cpinpanios . Now foUowing this heading there wu " a oomet's tail of capital—a Wane of _Crcnsuilight that illuminated tho whoI « nrmamont of finance ! The little Item of two thousand pounds , whieh wag to have been th * last limit of the money-parado , could not find itself—ii was lost in tome of the back slunu of » p _« . dilation—its tiny spirit had shrunk back into Spawn , and tho oeean Vecame suddenly full Of' _LnviaUian * ,. « ith bl « bber to represent cash ! Yes , doar public , thwo were _geranty-ona Mi marshals on the plain , and jou accepted their "Bespoxxmixtfin _coniidaration of their titles and tlieir gold lace ! The lowest gentleman on tho list wan Ilenry George Ward , who having onca tied Horace in a knot with Grid in _PatlUvnent , by saying In ignorance or

      error , "In medial _vh _tutteeknus ibU , lot the _sobrlquot ot " Ibis" from the country gentlemen , until that soological appellative' fairly drovo him out ol St . Alban ' s into Sheffield , whose knives and forks he now _represents in St . Stephen ' s . Well , he le down for om _nusDaiD _thousand roo » Di ! Frank Mills , a Tory , with a Tory newspaper ( as Ward If v Whig , with a Whig journal ) , a star at the Garrick' Club , and a gentlemiml y ¦ _wcouhiw _* In the palace of Lumley , is down for Sits Hundred and Seventy Thousand Pounds !!! Five hundreds ' !—three hundreds !—two hundrcd _* _andfiftiest—ahd all with thousands tanked to them , as if they w « re uo more than a kettl « to a < _Jo |* ' » tail— and , probaWy . intended principall y to answer the _kottlu ' s «\ _li- >| _-i / ll _* tn nf - _'K ! ' _ ¦

      Now aro theso _auma-bona fide , or are they notes of hand in favour of Gammon , which it is perfectly understood that Gammon is _iimr-to present 1 Can public companies , at the voice of the shareholders , callin these giant issues of "Responsibility , and demand payment for the service of the State ? And then _uiowlil our frknds Ward ami Mills be forthcoming , one witli his plum , aud the other witli _^ his plum nnd half million ?

      reaUy seventy-one _gcntUrm out of one _retm-n ready fo income-fa * upon these mountains ot Mammon ? is or () _i Wires ready with his per centage for the minister ? w not , the return is a falsehood—the falsehood is a _moclury —the mockery is a humbug—and humbug , as , V ( J _^ before , is 111 his sumptuous attire , cheating our vernacular out ot the meaning of Kusponsibility . If these grand _, scale delusions have fair faith placed in thein , the _Coinl lnissioners of Bankruptcy and Insolvency ought to ha _»« immediate notice from the Lord Chancellor , no longir to punish the struggling tradesman and the _distrvssed g _^ tleinan for having recourse to accommodation bills , k . man who raises a mite should hardly be immured , v _\^ he who coolly signs his name for a million enjoys both tha credit of the wealth and the impunity ofthe decuntk . ii .

      The Ritoposkl) Union Of Trades. Ly Anoth...

      THE ritOPOSKl ) UNION OF TRADES . Ly another portion of this sheet will be found the drafts of two plans of organisation , applicable to the Trades Unions of tlic country , drawn up b y thc Pro . visional Central Committee appointed by the lato Trades Conference in London ; and promulgated by that committee for consideration by the Trades generally previous to the holding of a meeting of delegates to finally adopt thom , with such alterations amendments , and modifications as attentive inquiry and discussion may show to be desirable .

      The two schemes of organisation for the effecting of thc two dsitinct objects pointed out by the late Conferencc of Trades Delegates , are preceded by an address from thc Provisional Central Committee , which sufficiently sets forth thc axximus of the diawers-up of the said plans . From that address it is evident that they have not > boured to give embodiment to their own peculiar preconceived notions nnd opinions : but havo endeavoured to ascertain the feelings an 4 wants of the bodies they wero . acting for ; and then directed their efforts to accomplish the ends genorally aimed at in the mode pointed out by the grcntest number of those immediately interested in the good working ofthe projected associations—due regard being had by them at the same time to thc ditfi . culties and requirements of tho law .

      It will bo seen , too , that ihe committee do not put forth these plans as those that must be adopted . Ou the contrary , they expressly disclaim all dogmatism on thc subject . They very properly lay thc result of their inquiries and labours before the country , not cm perfect plans tiu . 't need no alteration or amendment ; but rather as " germs of organisations , whicli , when fully developed and perfected in detail , may _rcaliwj all that iu the present condition of thc Trades is attainable , and lay the foundation of more comprehensive and perfect measures . " The sole object of thc committee being to promote thc _weli-boiii' * of the

      industrious classes , tlicy will gltidiy sec their own suggestions superseded by any measures better calculated to secure that object : and they therefore re . quest that the measures tliey propose may be subjected to all fair discussion and candid inquiry , with a view to tlieir full perfection , ia accordance with tlw present mind of the working classes . This is the right spirit in which public bodies and public men should act . Sorry are we to say that it is often , far too often , departed from , and a spirit of stupid dogmatism and unseemly contests for individual 2 _> rc / crcnc « made to usurp its place . Tins has _ukkx the case

      _auieauv , in reference to this projected . _'Association of United Trades . Parties , who in thc first place offered to aid the committee by all the means in their _poxver , have taken fire beoanse their own individual concoctions had not that prominence assigned them which they deemed them to be deserving of ; and they then , without waiting for the result of the labours of thc committee ; without staying to seo the nature of the proposals for union which the committee might make , or the spirit in which they would make them ; without staying to ascertain tliese things , and then subjecting their plans to all holiest

      and fair criticism , these vanity-wounded personages have " ventured out in print "—have vented their spleen upon individual members of thc committee ; have assumed a connection and influence which had no existence , save in their own imaginations ; and have , under the influence of such bad passions , already condemned the committoe and its plans ! If there be a spark of correct feeling in thc breasts of tliese parties , they must now feel sorrow and shame at their premature and unjust conduct . The committee have done nothing to deserve such treatment at their hands . Appointed

      by a body representing a large portion of tho working _mi'Mbers of society , to accomplish a certain purpose ; armed witli general instructions as to the ends tobe compassed , _an'l the modes to be employed , they assiduously set themselves to work out the _purposes entrusted to their care . They took thc proper steps to acquire the detail information necessary for the due performance of tlieir duty . Tliey meddled not with anybody—spoke not of anybody—but exclusively confined their attention to their own work . This course , however , did not save them from gross attack . They have been most virulently and most unjustly assailed .

      No misrepresentation lias bjen too vile for certain parties to employ . Every effort has been used to poison the mind of tho workers , before the committK had ever been heard ! Still this did not turn the committee out of their course . Appointed to do a certain work , they exclusively confined their attention to it . Thoy did not enter into a " paper-war , " to repel the attacks made on them . They even consented to sit under misrepresentation , rather than divert attention from tho objects entrusted to their charge ; content to let their actions and measures speak for them . Those miusuiiks THKr now prbsb _* _it to

      THE TrtADES OF E . YGIASD AS THEIB ASSWEK * Only asking that they maybe received and coxsidkhedin the spirit in which then arc offered . If this be so , GOOD MUST RESULT . If the plans are not fully adapted to all the wants and exigencies of the case , temperate discussion and full mquiry will show where the deficiency is , and supply the remedy . If the objects aimed at even , are not _compassable , nor even desirable , the nWe recommended will make the fact fully apparent : while , if this spirit does not prevail ; if passion and individual piques are to take the place of reason and inquiry ; if previous conceptions and predetermination are to be bristled up

      against all considerations of the committee ' s proposals , there can no good accrue to anybody from such » course : but the parties adopting it will inouf a iiBAvr BEsroKSiniLiTY in taking the certain means to defeat a holy effort of labour to protect itself . By co-operation in a right spirit , that effort may be made effective , and therefore successful : by unreasoning and unreasonable opposition all hope for good out of the .. present . Trades - Movement will be inevitably crushed . The game , therefore , * is a heavy one ; the interestsat stake _aremostscrious ; the consequences cither way will be of great import ; let all concerned mind how thev play it out .

      Commending the consideration of the important matters brought before their attention by the Provisional Central Committee , in the spirit we _havu spoken of , to thc several Trades of the country , we take leave of the subject for thc present . '

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      Ma. Vtiniak Camemte**,—I Have One Questi...

      Ma . _VTiniAK _Camemte _** , —I have one question to ask you . Did the following conversation pass between you and a respectablo trudismnn , or did it not « _—Trada _« man ; Sow , Mr . Carpenter , I ask you if you wouW have opposed tlio land plan if any other person than Mr . O'Connor had proposed it !—Mr . Carpenter : Well , no , I would not . —Now I pledge my honour that fhe above is what did pass , and you are a pretty follow to guide any portion of tha public mind . I dare _ventac to say , that a more profligate , moan , low , contomptibia admission never yet was made , and so the public wcS think .

      C—The benefit society may advance on loan to ono of its members , taking thc precaution to him & promts * _sory note for the amount to the president of the society ai on ' ud ' uu _' wal , and signed bj ono or two other pa » - _ties who may be deemed sufficient , ss security fo * th * t « . ptiyment of the amount at stated periods . _GfiMSA _** , _OBSKUrATions . —It would be impossible fcr Mr . O'Connor , if . engaged the whole of his time , to answer one half of the questions propounded t * him upon the _sulgi-ct of the Land . Mr . O'C . requests those numerous correspondents who are so Indignant at Mr . Carpentcr _' s conduct , not to give themselves any furlicr trouble upon thnt _yoint , rb ho is fully capable ' of fl |» hting his own baWl _***; nnd , as to . she National Peformr , I never wajtwitji ) lite dead .-..- !? _* Q ' C .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 12, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12071845/page/4/